As the previous episode faded to black (and an oddly non-silent clock), President Heller had followed through on his surrender to Margot Al-Harazi, who herself fired a drone missile at POTUS as he stood in the middle of Wembley Stadium.

In the video below, the British Prime Minister reacts to his counterpart’s act of “bravery,” while Heller’s daughter Audrey takes in the aftermath of the tragedy she had only minutes to brace for. (Tread lightly, Mark!)

We won’t know for sure until we get Jack’s POV tonight, but I’m still leaning towards the idea that Chloe was able to get a last minute hack into the drone that looped President Heller standing on the field while Jack dragged him off.

Good question, which would depend on her planned endgame. I am not getting a “terrorist” vibe from the character, but it always seems like she has her own agenda. Maybe she is trying to somehow politically discredit the PM?

There are two choices here. Either (A) the producers/director “forgot” or completely ignored the previous “silent clock” convention, or (B) Heller’s still alive. Between those two options, (B) is far likelier, I think. I mean it IS “24.”

The one thing that has always bugged me about 24 is how there is ALWAYS a mole/bad guy embedded in the CTU (or equivalent for the season) it just stretches the disbelief all the more that they never increase their screening methods.

Its getting to be as lame a plot device as a car running off the road at the very end of a finale